Two remain in Seattle hospital after head-on wreck

Identification of deceased pending notification

SEQUIM — Two people injured in a head-on collision Saturday remained at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Sunday.

Thomas A. Cain, 62, of Poulsbo and Sandra R. Metro, 61, of Sequim were flown to Harborview after the driver of a Chrysler PT Cruiser collided with the Dodge Ram pickup in which they were riding about 1:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 101 just west of Happy Valley Road near Sequim.

Cain was in satisfactory condition Sunday and Metro was in serious condition, a Harborview spokesperson said.

The collision killed both occupants of the Chrysler PT Cruiser, according to the State Patrol. The driver was a 40-year-old Port Ludlow woman and the passenger also was female.

The State Patrol report did not have an age or hometown for the passenger.

Their identities were being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the State Patrol said.

The women were traveling eastbound together in the Chrysler PT Cruiser when the driver crossed the center line for an unknown reason and struck the Dodge Ram, according to the State Patrol report.

The driver of the Chrysler PT Cruiser was not wearing a seat belt, but the passenger was, according to the report.

Cain and Metro both were wearing seat belts, the State Patrol reported.

Both vehicles were destroyed.

The wreck closed both lanes of Highway 101 for nearly 6½ hours. The roadway was finally cleared at about 8:40 p.m., Trooper Chelsea Hodgson said.

Traffic was backed up in both directions for one-quarter to a half-mile each way until a detour was set up via Whitefeather Way and Sequim Avenue.

It was not immediately known whether drugs or alcohol were involved, according to the report.

The State Patrol was still investigating Sunday.

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Sports editor Pierre LaBossiere can be reached by email at plabossiere@peninsuladailynews.com.

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